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2010 Tornado Disaster Response
2010 Tornado Recovery
To Give: Donations to 2010 Tornado Recovery can be sent to MS Conference at P.O. Box 1147, Jackson, MS 39215-1147, clearly marked for: 2010 Tornado Recovery.
You may also give through UMCOR Advance #901670.
To Help: Calls are now being accepted by calling 866-647-7486 or alternatively 601-354-0515 x21.
Or email: tornadorelief@mississippi-umc.org
Mississippi United Methodist Disaster Response is currently organizing relief efforts for those counties hit by the spring tornadoes. Close to 600 homes were destroyed or severely damaged with hundreds more sustaining minor damage. At this time 16 deaths have been reported and hundreds of injuries.
Mississippi United Methodist Disaster Coordinators were on the ground immediately assessing damage and organizing response and recovery efforts.
The disaster team met with Bishop Hope Morgan Ward and conference staff days after the April 24 tornado and began organizing the recovery effort. A call center has been established in the Conference office in Jackson for scheduling volunteer support and to receive calls for help. Calls are now being accepted by calling 866-647-7486 or alternatively 601-354-0515 x21.
Rev. Wayne Napier, Conference Disaster Response Coordinator is currently working with churches and volunteer crews in the area in the clearing debris and also to locate host sites for volunteers. If you are interested in helping in this phase of the work, please contact him at wbnapier@live.com.
Bishop Ward has announced Robert Sharp, MS UM Katrina Recovery coordinator, will lead the tornado recovery efforts bringing his knowledge and expertise in managing Hurricane Katrina recovery on the MS Gulf Coast.
Information on the recovery efforts will be updated weekly through an online Disaster Response update and information will also be posted on the Conference website www.mississippi-umc.org, click on 2010 Tornado Recovery. To sign up for the updates email tornadonews@mississippi-umc.org.
Damage Reports from Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA):
The Joint Preliminary Damage Assessments, conducted by the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Small Business Administration along with local representatives, are complete for areas struck by the EF-4 tornado and severe weather April 24.
A total of 390 homes were destroyed or sustained major damage and 341 homes sustained minor damage or were affected. A total of 10 people were killed in the storm system. There were 146 injuries reported to the State Emergency Operations Center
The following is a detailed list of counties with damaged homes:
Attala: 26 homes destroyed, 14 major, 16 minor, 24 affected.
Choctaw: 44 homes destroyed, 13 major, 17 minor, 34 affected.
Holmes: 61 homes destroyed, eight major, 38 minor, nine affected.
Monroe: one home destroyed, 16 major, 28 minor, 13 affected.
Union: two homes destroyed, three minor, one affected.
Warren: eight homes destroyed, nine major, nine minor, 10 affected.
Yazoo: 107 destroyed, 81 major, 80 minor, 59 affected, nine inaccessible.
A total of 10 people were killed in the storm system. There were 146 injuries reported to the State Emergency Operations Center.
Additional damages from May 1 storm reported to MEMA:
The May 1 storm system responsible for flooding and tornadoes in North Mississippi caused six deaths and destroyed or damaged more than 200 homes.
The following counties are reporting damages to the State Emergency Operations Center in Pearl:
Alcorn: One death; multiple roads flooded; homes and apartments were affected. Benton: Two deaths; four injuries; 18 homes and mobile homes destroyed; six with major damage and 23 reporting minor damage; four injuries.
Lafayette: One death; two homes and mobile homes destroyed, one with major damage and 20 homes/mobile homes with minor damage.
Lee: One death; one home with minor damage.
Marshall: Twenty one homes/ mobile homes with minor damage; 8 roads with major damage; 17 roads with minor damage.
Montgomery: Two homes and six roads with minor damage.
Panola: Several roads are closed due to flooding; water is getting inside of homes. Prentiss: Ten roads and two bridges with major damage; one hundred roads minor damage.
Tippah: Six homes destroyed; 29 homes major damage; 68 homes minor damage; Nine roads destroyed; eight roads major damaged; two roads minor damage. Tishomingo: Four homes with minor damage; eight roads with major damage; five roads and five bridges with major damage; 15 roads with minor damage.
Tunica: Flooding; power outages.
Union: One death; 12 homes/mobile homes with minor damage; three businesses with minor damage; two bridges with minor damage.
Webster: One injury reported; two roads destroyed; three roads with major damage; seventy roads with minor damage; three roads with major damage and one road destroyed.